China's lottery may have set a new record with a man expected to win 514 million yuan ($80 million) from two tickets bought in East China's Zhejiang province on Tuesday, beating the previous record win of 359.9 million yuan, claimed by a man in Central China's Henan province in 2009.

The Chutian Metropolis Daily reported Thursday two tickets sold within 34 seconds at a lottery shop in Xinchang county in Shaoxing, East China's Zhejiang province, each winning 257 million yuan.

Although it is not officially confirmed that the two winning tickets were bought by the same person, the fact that they have the same numbers and the 34-second interval between their sales make it almost certain that just one lucky punter purchased them.

Wang Peijun, who sold the two tickets, said a man who had a local accent came in on Thursday and gave him 200 yuan and a piece of paper with the lottery numbers he wanted to buy.

At first, Wang thought it was just 100 yuan and gave the man only one ticket in return; however, the man pointed out that there was another 100-yuan note and asked for another lottery ticket.